Improvement in washing-machines



S. BUDLDNG.

Wash'ing-Machines.'

No 142,676, Patented September9,1873.

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SIMEON BUDLONG, OF PROVIDENCE, RHQDE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 142,676, dated September 9, 1873; application filed April 5, 1873.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SrMEoN BUDLONG, of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Washing-Vlachines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same,

reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a horizontal section of my washing-machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same.

A This invention has relation to Washing-machines; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the rotary steam-tight casin g having a perforated partition near one end, the steam and escape pipes, and the balls, whereby the goods may be worked and boiled at the same time.

In the accompanying drawings,the letter A designates the steam-tight case. This is preferably rectangular in form, and has smoothlyfinished walls. The opening through which the goods are introduced is provided with a cover, 0, which is designed to be proper] packed, and buttoned down tightly to the case by the fastening devices B or their equivalent. D indicates the frame in which the box or casing rotates. This is provided with journal seats and caps for the journals E of the easing, which extend outward from the plates F, which are firmly screwed or otherwise secured to the casing at each end. These journals,

with the flan ges' or plates F, are made hollow for the reception of the steam and escape pipes Gr and H. The outer end of each journal is threaded on its extremity, as shown at a, for engagement with a screw-collar, b, which fits over the stuffing-box c, and serves to keep it in place and for its adjustment. G indicates the steam-pipe, and H the escape-pipe. This pipe is turned upward within the casing, and is designed always to be kept in a vertical position by suitable devices. It is located in a chamber, d, at the end of the easing, which is divided from the main chamber by the perforated partition N.. Its upright position is, therefore, not liable to be disarranged by the working of the goods within the main chamber. Z indicates the balls. These are of some weight, and are made of rubber, wood, or metal.- They assist in working and rubbing the clothes without entangling the same. The box is designed, when in use, to be filled about two-thirds full of water or suds.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The washing-machine consisting of the rotary casing A, having the perforated partition N near the end, the steam-pipe G, the escape-pipe H, bent upward within the sudschamber 7d, the hollow journalplates, and stufling-boxes, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

SIMEON BUDLONG.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. PURKrs, HENRY MARTIN. 

